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Organs & regions · Review pending

Small intestine

Its lining releases secretin and cholecystokinin, signals involved in coordinating digestion.

Source: NCI / SEER

Receptor location — biological context

A receptor in an organ does not prove that this compound reaches or affects that organ.

  • GLP1R

    Homo sapiens · non-human primates

    Within the gastrointestinal tissues studied, GLP1R expression was highest in Brunner’s glands of the duodenum. The study also found it in myenteric neurons throughout the gut.

    Source: Pyke et al., 2014

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